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U.S. DOT awards $1.7 million grant to Syracuse Hancock International Airport

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Syracuse Hancock International Airport will receive a federal grant of $1.7 million to pay for construction of a new sand storage dome. The airport's newly-renovated interior is shown after the completion of a $60 million project last year.
(Dick Blume | dblume@syracuse.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Syracuse Hancock International Airport for construction of a new sand and chemical storage dome, federal officials said today.

The grant will pay for demolition of the airport's outdated storage dome and construction of a new one, according to U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Rep. Dan Maffei, who wrote letters to DOT supporting the airport's application.

It is the latest in a series of successful federal grants for Syracuse airport projects totaling more than $8 million. In June, the DOT approved a $1.8 million grant to pay for a new, 19,500-square-foot building to house snow removal equipment.